Building structure



May 31, 1932 F. M. vENzE BUILDING STRUCTURE Filed July -31, 1931.

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Patented Ma 31, 1932,

MJ VENZIE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA i v BUILnrNG STRUCTUE Application filed July 31, 1931. serial No'. 55421&

This in'venti on, stated in its'broadest terms, relates to a building structure and has more especial relation to a wall," partition, and ceiling Construction in which sO-alled plas- Ts ter 'boards are employed, The invention has 'corelation to the subject matter disclosed in my co-pending application Serial No. %3,894, filed May 17, 1929. y

In the disclosure aforesaid, I make use of o metallic clips in order to couple the plaster' boards one with respect to another. Practice dictates that while such clips are efiicient for the purpose designed, it is a more or less y *expensive operation. j v 15 The leading object of'the present invention may he said to* overcome this. disadvantage and provide a constructon'in which in lieu 'of metal clips the plaster boards are coupled to-fi a i specially designed tle 'gether by means of Other and further ects of the present in- Vention 'reside in the provision of general details of Construction and thearrangement,

corbinaticn, and connection of parts for ate taining the results sought by the foregoing object;

The invention, consists shof the novel construction'hereinafter described and finally` claimed; x i i The nature characteristic features and scope of the inventon will be more fully un'- derstood from .the following description' taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which:

in elevation illustrating aceiling and wall structure embodyiing the invention;

Fig. 2 is a viewin perspective illustrating the application of one type oftie wire asap- Fig.: 3 ,is i a similar View slightly modified form of tie wire;

F ig. 4 is a 'fragmentary Viewin elevation looking toward the left in Fig. 'l and illustrating the tie wire disclosed in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a viewsmilar to Fig. 4:, illustratingthe tie wire as disclosed in Fig. 3.

For the purpose of illustrating ny invention I have shown in the accompanyingdraw-` r ings forms thereof which are at present pre- Fig. l is a'view partly insection and partly illustrating a v ferred by me, since thesame has been found in practice 'to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to beunderstood that the various instrumentalities of" which my inventionjconsists can be variously arranged limited to the precise arrangement and ore ganzaton of the nstrumentalities-as herein shown and described.

-Referring now tothe drawingsin detail, the reference' numeral 5 designates the wall of' a building paralleling which there is arranged a Vertically disposed channel desigand organized andthatny inventio'n is' not I nated by the reference numeral .6 which is spaced' from' :thewall to? provide an air` space 7.- The reference numeral 8 designates a horizontally 'arranged channel 'supported at its ends by the wall 5.' The plaster cured with respect to the Vertical channel 6,- and those plaster boards which arefhorizon tally' arranged are Secured with respect to the channel" 8.- In lieu ofthe 'metal clips shown in my patent application'aforesaid, -I make use {of tie wires, `a description of which boardsare designated 9 and those plaster lboards which are Verticallydisposed are s'e will now be iven, reference beingfirst had to the tie wire disclosed in F ig; 2., ?Each tie wire comprise's asin'gle piece of -'elongated wire" intermediate the ends of which it is forned into a loop 10 for engaging around either the channel 6 or the channel 8, as occasion may'rquire. The free ends of the loop are then passed between' adjacent plaster v fi boards 9 and said free ends caused to pass in parallelism with the inner faces or" the plaster boards t 9, `as clearly illustrated in Fig; 1.

Thu's, in *the case of a 'ceilingthe bottoms of the plaster' boards abut' upon the Iextended ends of the loopslO and in order tosecure the plaster boardsin position with respect to the channel 8, those ends of the loops' 10 which. in

erection are juxtapositioned 'onewith respect k to another, are twisteclas at 11, thus securely holding the plastemboards up against the channel& Obviouslyin the erection ofthe plaster boards 9 with respect to the side wall 5, the loops lo, of the tie wires are caused to engage around the vertical channel 6 andithie y 9 tie-wires including said plaster boards in posame manner of attachment pursued as just described.

In the case of the juncture of the ceiling and wall plaster boards, as shown at the upper left hand side of Fig; 1, the free ends of adjacent loops may be twisted together as at 12. With the plaster boards positioned as above described the'inner faces thereof may have applied thereto a coating of plaster designated by the reference numeral 13.

Taking up now the Construction disclosed in Figs. 3 and 5, the free end of each loop of the tie wire is bent to form an eye 14, see Fig. 3. Connected with respect to each eye 14 is another eye 15, and this eye 15 as shown in Fig.-3 terminates in a pair of prongs 16 arranged tobe twisted as at 17 with respect to companion prongs of adjacent eyes 15. Obviously, instead of having prongs 16, the eye 15 might very well terminate in a single strand which could also be twisted ith respect to a companion sti-and,

What is claimed is:

1. In a building structure, ceiling, partition, or wall-sections of plaster board, horizontal and vertical channels for supporting said plaster boards, tie wires each comprising a continuous piece of wire arranged between adjacent plaster boards, each tie wire being bent to engage around a channel and being provided with oppositely disposed prongs for abutting against the inner faces of adj acent plaster boards, adjacent prong ends being twisted together for naintaining said sition.

, 2. In a building structure, ceiling, partition or wall-sections of plaster board, horizontal and vertical channels for supporting said pl'aster boards, tie wires each compris- .ing a continuous piece of wire aranged between adjacent plaster boards, each tie wire being bent' in the form of a loop to engage around a channel and being provided with op- V positely disposed prongs for abutting against the inner faces of ad jacent plaster boards, aljacent prongends being twisted together for maintaining said tie-wires including said plaster boards in position.

3. In a building structure, ceiling, partition, or wall-sections of plaster board, horizontal and vertical channels for supporting said plaster boards, tie wires each comprising a continuo us piece of wire arranged between adjacent plaster boards, each tie wire being `ben'tf in the form of a loop the channel engaging parts being disposed at right angles to plaster board abutting prongs, 'said tie wires engaging around a channel and being provided with oppositely disposed prongs for abutting against the inner faces of adjacent plaster boards, adjacent prong ends being twisted together for maintaining said tie- FREDERICK M'. VENZIE.

wires 'including'said plaster boards in posihon. 

